Unidentified object caught on Hansville weather cam
Jun 11, 2018, 11:03 AM | Updated: 12:07 pm
An unidentified object was caught on camera in Hansville over the weekend.
One of Greg Johnson’s weather cams shows what he says “clearly looks like a very large missile launch from Whidbey Island.” Naval Air Station Whidbey Island is located in Oak Harbor.
A spokesperson for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island said, “we don’t have missile launch facilities at NAS Whidbey Island, so we’re not sure what this is.”
According to a Facebook post by Johnson, a long-time meteor observer said the object was “definitely not a meteor.”
University of Washington Professor of Atmospheric Sciences Cliff Mass says “it really looks like the ascent of a rocket.” However, he has never heard of rocket launches from Whidbey Island.